Dreams Of Noise

Loss of faith in the system. After the last two elections, and a war that should have ended 4 years ago, people really feel like their voice just does not matter. It makes no difference how you vote, the people with the most money and connections get elected, period. It does not matter how loud the people shout "end this war NOW!!", it goes on and on and on costing the country too much in money and lives lost. At this point, we should have total control of the oil fields, and gas here should be under a dollar a gallon since we control the source of the crude (yes, I know that was never the plan, but after 7 years we should have SOMETHING to show for the cost). We won, a new Iraqi government is in place, why are we still over there in force? (I can see keeping some helper force over there, but not to the level we are at, and definitely not at mandatory extensions to time there for the soldiers in the field. And isn't the National Guard the sub-branch of the Army that STAYS ON US SOIL to defend and help out here? It is the main part of the army that goes overseas, not the National Guard!). Even after putting a change of the guard in office last year, nothing has changed nor does it look like it will ever change. Both sides are just as bad and there is no third choice, just "damned if you do, damned if you don't".